The hip belt pads can be removed to reduce weight
What's the difference between hardside and softside luggages
Another option is to sew in a real zipper to make this a functional backpack
It's held closed by the upper tier of side compression straps which is less than ideal if you want to strap additional gear under them, since it limits the extent to which you can tighten them
PHY Prosperity, 90, 3/2, Edwards-built, full-length tips but one tip missing its tip top, downlocking full metal reel seat has two rails, cork grip appears to be built from 11 half-inch corks and perhaps part of a twelfth cork ring, grip is typical Edwards shape but modified with a single thumb indentation likely by PHY, olive green/black jasper wraps with no tipping, ring hookkeeper, inked in white lettering on one flat: Paul H